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. Lewis GOULDING, OF SOUTHABINGION, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES E. PHILLIPS, or SAME PLACE.

SPRING-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 252,311, dated January 17, I882.

Application filed October 29, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS GOULDING, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Ab ington, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to spring-buttons, so called, of the class in which the head is elastic to yield to thepressure of the buttonhole while passing through the latter, and afterward expands to afford greater security against unbuttoning, my invention consisting inthe peculiar manner of forming the button and attachin g it to the material or base, and also in the peculiar construction of the button-hole, all" of which will be hereinafter explained.

The drawings which accompany this specification represent, in Figure l, a plan of I the blank or planchet from which the button is formed. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 a section of the button secured to the material or base. Fig. 4 is a plan of the button. Fig. 5 is a section of the button and the material in which it is formed.

By referring to the above-named drawings it will be seen that A represents a piece of material to which the button is secured, whether one side of a coat, boot, glove, or other article &c.

In carrying my improvement into practice I punch from a sheet of thin spring metala blank or planchet, B, of the shape shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings-that is,as havingtwin conical or tapering ends a a and a central hole, I), the metal being cutaway upon each side between the central portion, c, of the planchet, in which the hole is formed, and each end or head a a, as shownat d, in order, when the sides of the planchet are folded to constitue a contracted neck to the completed button, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The ends of the planchet thus formed are next bent at the drawings. upon the base 0 of the button, and about its of clothing, or the side of a traveling-carriage,

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right angles to its central portion or base, 0, and. the button itself is complete, the two sides a a of which conjointly constitute an elastic or yielding head, while the concave nick or depression 01 serves to form acontracted neck to conjoint holes I) and e from the inside of the material A, and finally upset or spread .the eye let down upon the inside of the base or central portion of the button, as shown in Fig. 3 of For greater security I create orifice or hole b, an annular concentric ledge, 9, over which the end of the eyelet is spread, as shown in said Fig. 4.

' To providea button-hole to operate with this button, I employ an eyelet, i, fastened in the ordinary manner within a hole, j, punched in theopposite portion, 0,0f the garmentor other object, this eyelet being of such size asto crowd over the head of the button with sufficient 8o pressure to compress or contract its sides a. a, which afterward expand and retain the eyelet firmly and securely about the neck portion (1 of such button.

In the usual manner of setting an ordinary eyelet the end which is upset or turned over becomes cracked invariably, and retains much less secure hold upon thematerial than its head, which remains intact, and in addition to this its split side is liable to cut its way through the material. To counteract this tendency I employ, in addition to the eyelet t, a washer,

Zc, which I place over the neck of such eyelet and upon thematerial, after the neck of the eyelet has been inserted in such material, and finally spread the end of the eyelet down upon or over the washer, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. In order that the washer is last named may take a firm hold upon the material 0, I form upon its under or inner side an anto: nular lip, l, which sinks into thematerial when the eyelet is set.

Abutton formed and applied as above explained is strong and durable, easily buttoned and unbuttoned, and retains firm and permanent hold upon the material.

For covered land-carriages the body of the button is to be secured rigidly to the side or back of the carriage body, while the metallic button-hole above described is to be formed in edges of the curtains or sides of the covering of the carriage.

I claim 1. A button consisting of a perforated base and two spring-metal ears, in combination with an eyelet which is adapted to pass through a fabric and through said perforated base, for the purpose of fastening the button to the fabric, substantially as set forth.

2. A button consisting of a perforated base and two spring-metal ears, in combination with an eyelet which is adapted to pass through 20 said perforated base, an eyelet, 2', adapted to engage with saidbutton, and awasher, 7a, having one or more corrugations, and inserted between one of the flanges of said eyelet and the fabric to which it is attached.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LE WIS G OULDING.

WVitnes ses:

GEORGE B. PUY, F. OURTIs. 

